Combined cant-dog and pry



(No Model.)

A. K. DOE. COMBINED CANT DOG AND PRY.

,4-71. Patented Nov. 25, 1884.

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- hook C is pivoted by a bolt, 0.

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ALPHEU'S KINGSLEY DOE, OF STILIAVATER, MINNESOTA.

COMBINED CANT -DOG AND FRY.

.L-PICIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,471, dated November 25, 1884-.

Application filed A ril 1, 1884. (No model.)

view of the socket on the line a: x of Fig. 1.

Figs. 4 and 6 are sectional views of the socket, illustrating slight variations in its construction. Fig. 5 is a plan view with the canthook removed.

A is the wooden handle or stock, upon whose lower end is driven or otherwise secured a hollow metal socket or ferrule, B. This socket is formed with an openended slot, a, running down nearly to its center, the open end being at the upper end of the socket.

Upon each side of the slot a, next its open end, are two ears, Z) I)", between which the cant- The central parts of each of these ears I) b are cut out more than at their ends, leaving inwardlyprojecting portions (1 (P, which form stops to the cant-hook O and prevent its falling down with its point against the socket or with its rear side upon the stock A. l

e is a small rib formed upon the face of the socket between its lower point and the end of the slot at, to enter the side of the log when the hook G is being used, to prevent the implement slipping sidewise on the log.

In the point of the socket B is secured a curved and wedge-shaped pry-point, D, as

shown, the face 9 of the pry being placed.-

, plement as a pry.

socket of cast-iron weldedor cast around the point. 7

In Fig. 1 I have shown the point with a rear tapering extension or shank, h, which enters the wooden stock A and assists in holding the parts together.

In Fig. at the point and socket are shown formed in one piece of cast-steel, and in Fig. 6 the point is shown with ashort shank, h having an enlarged head, If, so as to form a recess in the shank between this head and the point, into which the metal of the socket will run when being cast, and prevent the point from pulling out from the socket in event of the loosening of the point byunequal shrinkage when the socket is cast.

The points and shanks will be heated when the sockets are cast upon them, to insure their becoming welded fast together. the shank which passes through the socket will be usually made square or with an irregular surface, so that it will not turn in the socket in event of failure to unite when the sockets are cast. At the point where the shanks h pass through the metal of the socket it is made thicker than at the sides, for the double purpose of withstanding the severe strains to which the socket is subjected at this point, and also to form a long bearing-surface to support the pry-point shank, so that the strains are nearly all borne by the socket, in stead of by the wood of the stock A, as heretofore.

A very important advantage gained by this manner of arranging the socket Bis that, the end of the wooden stock being entirely covered and protected, all battering or brooming of the lower end of the wooden stock is prevented; consequently the stocks will last much longer than where they are exposed to wear and friction. By'this very simple arrangement I combine in one implement all the advantages of the ordinary cant-dog and the log-pry without the presence of the peculiar and distinct features of the one interfering with the functions and operation of the other. After the stock is forced into the socket B as far as it is desired it shall go, the bolt 0 is drawn up by its nut, and thus clamps the stock very firmly between the two parts of the socket formed by the slot a, the elasticity of the metal permitting it to give snfficiently for this purpose. a

In Fig. 4 the point and socket are shown formed in Onepiece of cast-steel. The rear part of the socket is shown with a re-enforcing enlargement,m, to give additional strength.

To prevent the possible loss of the socket from the stock in event of breakage of the bolt 0 or shrinkageof the stock, the former may be secured to the latter by ordinary wood-screws or rivets.

Having d scribed my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim is- A combined cant-hook and pry constructed with a socket, B, cant-hook O, pivoted to the socket, and point D, formed with or united immovably to the socket, the point having a curved wedge shape, the hook being arranged with its plane of motion parallel with the edge of the point, and the socket having a rib, e, in plane with the cant-hook and edge of the point, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALPHEUS KINGSLEY DOE.

Vitnesses G. N. Woonwnnn, LoUIs FnnsER, sr. 

